Titanic

The storyThe lore 📖

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

In 1912, rich girl Rose is stuck in an engagement she does not want, until she meets Jack, a broke artist with immaculate rizz, aboard the Titanic. They have the most iconic crush ever, flying arms on the bow and everything. Then the 'unsinkable' ship hits an iceberg, and it is NOT a vibe. Rose tells the story as a 100-year-old and we are all crying. 🚢🧊😭

What critics & audiences sayThe receipts 🧾

Tomatometer 88% Fresh #68 of 98 winners

IMDb 8.0 1.4M votes #37 of 98 winners

Metacritic 75 / 100 #75 of 93 winners

TMDB 7.9 / 10

Famous linesLines living rent free

Quotes via Wikiquote

Filming locationsWhere they shot it 📍

• Baja Studios

  Rosarito, Mexico

  A full-scale Titanic replica was built at this new Fox studio, with a poop deck on a hinge that tilted for the sinking.

  Map ↗About this place ↗Source: Wikipedia · Filming

• Wreck of the Titanic

  North Atlantic Ocean

  Cameron's crew shot at the real wreck 12 times in 1995, the first footage of the production.

  Map ↗About this place ↗Source: Wikipedia · Undersea footage

• Akademik Mstislav Keldysh

  The modern-day expedition scenes were shot aboard this research vessel, Cameron's base for filming the wreck.

  Map ↗About this place ↗Source: Wikipedia · Filming

• Dartmouth

  Nova Scotia, Canada

  Principal photography began here in July 1996, where cast and crew were infamously poisoned with PCP-laced soup.

  Map ↗About this place ↗Source: Wikipedia · Filming

Fun factsFacts that go hard 🤓

1. During the 1996 shoot in Nova Scotia, someone spiked the soup with the drug PCP, sending more than 50 people including James Cameron and Bill Paxton to the hospital; the culprit was never caught.Wikipedia · Filming
2. James Horner wrote "My Heart Will Go On" in secret with Will Jennings because James Cameron did not want any songs in the film; Cameron approved it after several listens, and the soundtrack became the best-selling album of 1998.Wikipedia · Soundtrack
3. When Fox executives demanded an hour of cuts, James Cameron replied: "You want to cut my movie? You're going to have to fire me! You want to fire me? You're going to have to kill me!" He gave up his $8 million salary instead.Wikipedia · Filming
4. Kate Winslet campaigned relentlessly for Rose, sending James Cameron a single rose signed "From Your Rose" and telling him by phone, "I am Rose! I don't know why you're even seeing anyone else!"Wikipedia · Casting
5. After screen-testing with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet whispered to James Cameron, "He's great. Even if you don't pick me, pick him." DiCaprio turned down the lead in Boogie Nights to take the role.Wikipedia · Casting
6. The ship replica was built facing starboard to suit the prevailing wind, so the Southampton departure scenes were shot in mirror image, with actors told to walk left when the script said right, and the footage flipped in post-production.Wikipedia · Filming
7. Crew members nicknamed James Cameron's evil alter ego "Mij" (Jim spelled backwards), and Cameron answered critics of his demanding set by saying, "Film-making is war."Wikipedia · Filming
8. Cameron pitched the film to Fox as "Romeo and Juliet on the Titanic" and shot real footage of the wreck on 12 dives in 1995; on one, a submersible collided with the hull, damaging both.Wikipedia · Undersea footage
9. Matthew McConaughey was passed over for Jack because he refused to change his Southern drawl, and Tom Cruise was interested but too expensive; Christian Bale, Ethan Hawke and Paul Rudd also auditioned.Wikipedia · Casting
10. Titanic was the first film to gross $1 billion and tied Ben-Hur's record of eleven Oscars and All About Eve's record of fourteen nominations.Wikipedia · Lead